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The Power Of Gravity - Wonders Of Life W/ Prof Brian Cox - BBC

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Professor Brian Cox explores the power of gravity and how small creatures such as insects appear to have superpower strength in comparison to humans. Taken from Wonders of Life. Subscribe to BBC Earth: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=B
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How Smart Are Dolphins? - Lori Marino

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-smart-are-dolphins-lori-marino Dolphins are one of the smartest animal species on Earth. In fact, their encephalization quotient (their brain size compared to the average for their body size) is second only
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My Date With A Giant Pacific Octopus!

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White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulae: Crash Course Astronomy #30

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Today Phil follows up last week’s look at the death of low mass stars with what comes next: a white dwarf. White dwarfs are incredibly hot and dense objects roughly the size of Earth. They also can form planetary nebulae: huge, intricately detailed object
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Tunneling With A Mechanical Worm On Steroids

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Mexico City was founded on an unstable lake bed at the bottom of a volcanic crater. The soil is so soft that the city has sunk thirty feet in the last century alone. Blasting to create tunnels would topple buildings, so the government turned to giant tunn
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Saved By The Heliosphere

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The sun's power reaches far beyond our solar system. Solar winds blow into the Kuiper Belt creating a giant bubble around our solar system protecting us from deadly cosmic rays. | http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/how-the-universe-works/ Catch new epi
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Low Mass Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #29

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Today we are talking about the life -- and death -- of stars. Low mass stars live a long time, fusing all their hydrogen into helium over a trillion years. More massive stars like the Sun live shorter lives. They fuse hydrogen into helium, and eventually
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Pollution: Crash Course Ecology #11

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Hank talks about the last major way humans are impacting the environment in this penultimate episode of Crash Course Ecology. Pollution takes many forms - from the simplest piece of litter to the more complex endocrine distruptors - and ultimately, humans
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5 Human Impacts On The Environment: Crash Course Ecology #10

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Hank gives the run down on the top five ways humans are negatively impacting the environment and having detrimental effects on the valuable ecosystem services which a healthy biosphere provides. Like Crash Course? http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCours
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Human Population Growth - Crash Course Ecology #3

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If being alive on Earth were a contest, humans would win it hands down. We're like the Michael Phelps of being alive, but with 250,000 times more gold medals. Today Hank is here to tell us the specifics of why and how human population growth has happened
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Brown Dwarfs: Crash Course Astronomy #28

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While Jupiter is nowhere near massive enough to initiate fusion in its core, there are even more massive objects out there that fall just short of that achievement as well called brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs, have a mass that places them between giant plane
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The Fundamentals Of Space-time: Part 2 - Andrew Pontzen And Tom Whyntie

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-fundamentals-of-space-time-part-2-andrew-pontzen-and-tom-whyntie View part 1 here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-fundamentals-of-space-time-part-1-andrew-pontzen-and-tom-whyntie View part 3 here: http://ed.t
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The Fundamentals Of Space-time: Part 3 - Andrew Pontzen And Tom Whyntie

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-fundamentals-of-space-time-part-3-andrew-pontzen-and-tom-whyntie View part 1: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-fundamentals-of-space-time-part-1-andrew-pontzen-and-tom-whyntie View part 2: http://ed.ted.com/les
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How To Make Your Phone Magnetic - Static Magnetism

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(Okay, you got us, this video was an April Fools' trick. Read our blog all about why it's all nonsense, and how science misinformation like this can be so believable: http://bit.ly/ApRilFoolSci) Try this amazing magnetic phone trick. Michael Faraday disco
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Home Sweet Habitat: Crash Course Kids #21.1

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How would a Polar Bear do if you put it in the desert? Not well. But why? Why can't anything live anywhere? Well, this has to do with Habitats and how animals (including humans) are suited for living in one place over another. In this episode, Sabrina tal
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Should We All Be Eating Insects?

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Why Are Babies So Cute?

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What makes babies so AWW? Video on UGLY animals: http://youtu.be/8nYpVlTdr3I SUBSCRIBE - it's free!: http://bit.ly/10kWnZ7 FOLLOW US! Links below: Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and @mitchellmoffit Clickable: http://bit.ly/16F1jeC and http://bit.
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What If Humans Disappeared?

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If we suddenly disappeared, what would happen to our planet? Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/asap click for a free trial and 10% off Why Do You Mishear Lyrics?: http://youtu.be/5cmOKiGklcQ GET THE BOOK! http://asapscience.com/book Subscribe! (It's fre
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Bacteria And Antibiotics: Revenge Of The Microbes

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What are bacteria? How do antibiotics work? And what can we do about increasing antibiotic resistance? Jenny Rohn, scientist and novelist, investigates the fascinating world of bacteria in this Friday Evening Discourse event from the Ri. Subscribe for reg
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Humans And Other Animals: Cultural Evolution And Social Learning

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What is culture? Is it uniquely human, or do animals have culture too? From dolphins getting high on puffer fish, chimpanzees learning to crack nuts, and how human culture is changing the world around, hear this panel of experts explore the fascinating su
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Science For Kids - Jumping Candle Flame Experiment - ExpeRimental #13

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Make a flame jump through the air in this fun science experiment to do at home with children. For info sheets and printable badges, click here: http://bit.ly/CandleChem ExpeRimental is a series of videos showing fun, cheap, simple science activities to do
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Why Insects Love Summer – Flight, Fights And Booze

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Have you ever wondered what happens when insects get drunk? Can you tell the temperature by the frequency of a cricket’s chirps? Do you know what temperature a butterfly has to be to take off? Kate buzzes around the science of summer insects. Subscribe fo
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My Cute Pet Baby Bunnies Eating Lettuce - Funny Bunny Rabbits Babies Pets - Close Up

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Cute baby Flemish Giant bunny rabbits eating lettuce. My bunnies eating lettuce so funny. It's one of the cutest pets in the world. It's interesting baby bunny pets. Also these my bunnies like eating banana, grass, carrot, flower, dandelion, poop, leaves,
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Climate Change: Earth's Giant Game Of Tetris - Joss Fong

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/climate-change-earth-s-giant-game-of-tetris-joss-fong There's a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The playing space is planet Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent carbon dioxide -- a g
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Why Do Honeybees Love Hexagons? - Zack Patterson And Andy Peterson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-honeybees-love-hexagons-zack-patterson-and-andy-peterson Honeybees are some of nature's finest mathematicians. Not only can they calculate angles and comprehend the roundness of the earth, these smart ins
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Why Winter Makes You SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder Explained

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Ever wondered what Seasonal Affective Disorder actually is? Or if it’s even a real thing? What causes it? Kate tackles sudden changes in hormones and light intensity in an attempt to explain why winter makes you SAD. Subscribe for more from Kate: http://b
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What Does Your Birthday Say About You? The Seasonal Birth Effect

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Does the month you were born in determine whether you’re right handed, or a smoker, or short-sighted? No, we’re not talking astrology, but something called the seasonal birth effect. But can even that be trusted? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The s
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The Science Of Jet Lag... And How To Prevent It

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What is jet lag? Can we cure it? And why is it a big problem for astronauts going to Mars? Kate dives into the science of circadian rhythms, and armed with the facts, sets out to find a cure. Subscribe for more science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Th
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How To Sweat Less - The Science Of Sweating

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Why do we sweat? Can we stop it? Kate swims through the science of sweating and shows you how to harness your body’s other cooling mechanisms to keep your temperature down this summer without building up a sweat. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Human
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Earth Has An Expiration Date

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The sun has been growing hotter ever since its birth. Over time, the sun will also grow larger. This growth will eventually cause a cataclysmic greenhouse event as the Earth moves further out of the sun's habitable zone. Once this happens, oceans that hav
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How Sunglasses Work - Are They Damaging Your Eyes?

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How do sunglasses actually work? How can some types cause damage to your eyes? And why do astronauts wear glasses made of gold? Kate explains all. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Too much light can be a bad thing, and our b
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Five Reasons To Thank Plankton

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For too long plankton have slaved away in obscurity, making the world a better place for generations of ungrateful humans. Until now. Find out how much you owe these little guys with Nature Video’s Five Reasons To Thank Plankton. For more videos of super
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Humans Need Not Apply

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Inside The Minds Of Animals - Bryan B Rasmussen

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/inside-the-minds-of-animals-bryan-b-rasmussen Do animals think? It’s a question that has intrigued scientists for thousands of years, inspiring them to come up with different methods and criteria to measure the
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Your Salad Is Trying To Kill You

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The dose makes the poison… Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Plants are the most important source of nutrients for pretty much all of Earth's animals, and many of the planet's bacteria
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Finger Family Songs Collection | 80 Mins Of Nursery Rhymes | Kindergarten Kids Learn By BusyBeavers

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Busy Beavers Packed this 80 Minute Compilation with over 40 Song & Lesson Videos with a "Family" Theme. Children Learn the Key Vocabulary "Mother, Father, Sister, Brother" & Phrases like "She's my Mother". Plus there are ABC Songs, Counting Lessons & More
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Why Are GMOs Bad?

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Why are GMOs bad? They aren’t. They just aren’t, not intrinsically, and certainly not for your health. We’ve been eating them for decades with no ill effects, which makes sense, because a genetically modified organism is simply an organism, like every oth
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The Death Of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison And Humans

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In 2015 the bees are still dying in masses. Which at first seems not very important until you realize that one third of all food humans consume would disappear with them. Millions could starve. The foes bees face are truly horrifying – some are a direct c
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Everything You Need To Know About Planet Earth

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Planet Earth is this solid thing you are standing on right now. In your everyday life you don't really waste a thought about how amazing this is. A giant, ancient, hot rock. How did it come into existence and how big is it really? You will be surprised. T
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Human Extinction

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Some ideas about our end. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/electricpants MORE LINKS BELOW! related Vsauce videos: What Will We Miss? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uiv6tKtoKg Cruel Bombs: https://www.youtube
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SciShow Quiz Show: Weird Facts About Humans

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Hank squares off against the host of SciShow Kids, Jessi Knudsen Castaneda, to match wits about chemistry, evolution, and how babies are weird! https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowkids ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters --
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Shelf Life Episode 8 - Voyage Of The Giant Squid

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Getting a giant squid from New Zealand to New York is no easy feat. Curator Neil Landman tells the tale of a sizable specimen’s journey to the collections at the American Museum of Natural History, and Curator Mark Siddall explains why this giant cephalop
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Elon Musk And Stephen Hawking Fear A Robot Apocalypse. But A Major Physicist Disagrees.

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All new technology is frightening, says physicist Lawrence Krauss. But there are many more reasons to welcome machine consciousness than to fear it. Read more at BigThink.com: http://bigthink.com/videos/should-we-be-scared-of-ai Follow Big Think here: You
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We Need To Be Lost To Find Ourselves

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"Artists are uniquely placed to ... creatively participate in the larger cultural process of re-engineering subjectivity, of pushing the envelope of experience." - Erik Davis Tell us what you think! Take our survey: http://testtube.com/shotsofawe/survey E
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How To Upload Your Mind

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Uploading your mind to a computer might one day let humans cheat death. The technology’s a long way off, but researchers are working on closing that gap. This episode was brought to you and inspired by the movie Self/less. Self/less trailer: https://www.y
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Thomas Jefferson And The Giant Moose

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E pluribus moose-um Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ America’s first great science battle wasn’t the space race or the atom bomb, it was fought between Thomas Jefferson, a French noble
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Why Do We Only See One Side Of The Moon?

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Thanks to squarespace.com for supporting this video. Go build a website! http://www.squarespace.com/minuteearth Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: - @AntoineCoeur - salar tel - @TodayIFoundOut1 - @82abhilash - Emil Kampp and our Subbable supporter: - @Gr
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Resources: Welcome To The Neighborhood - Crash Course Kids #2.1

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Welcome to the Neighborhood! Humans need a lot of things to survive (I'm sure you've noticed). We need food, water, and shelter and it takes a lot of resources to get all of those things. What are resources? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina t
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How To Grow A Bone - Nina Tandon

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-grow-a-bone-nina-tandon Can you grow a human bone outside the human body? The answer may soon be yes. Nina Tandon explores the possibility by examining how bones naturally grow inside the body, and illumi
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Did Dinosaurs Really Go Extinct?

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Welcome to… Jurassic Pluck Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Most people are taught that dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago when a giant meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsu
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How To Get Resources - Picky Pineapples: Crash Course Kids #2.2

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Want a Pineapple? If you want a pineapple, it's possible you can just run down to the store and get one. But, if you wanted to grow one, that's a lot more difficult depending on where you live. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about how
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The Basics Of Freshwater: Crash Course Kids 14.1

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We have a lot of water on Earth, but we also can't actually drink much of it... or use it for farming. That's because most of the water on Earth is saltwater. We humans, like a lot of living things, need freshwater to survive. In this episode of Crash Cou
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Sesame Street: Jurassic Cookie (Jurassic Park Parody)

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It took a brilliant scientist with a brilliant idea to open the world's first cookie theme park - Jurassic Cookie. Join Cookie Monster and his friends in an action packed giant dino-cookie chase! Subscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: http://www.you
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Will Future Spacecraft Fit In Our Pockets? - Dhonam Pemba

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/will-future-spaceships-fit-in-our-pockets-dhonam-pemba When you picture a rocket, you might imagine a giant ship carrying lots of fuel, people and supplies. But what if the next wave of spacecraft were small eno
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How Small Is An Atom? Spoiler: Very Small.

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Atoms are very weird. Wrapping your head around exactly how weird, is close to impossible – how can you describe something that is SO removed from humans experience? But then again, they kind of make up everything, so let us try anyways. You can the MUSIC
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Alice In Wonderland | Part Two - Story Time With Ms. Booksy At Cool School

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It's Story Time with Ms. Booksy! For today's story, Ms. Booksy will read chapter two of Alice in Wonderland. Follow Alice's adventures through the secret garden where she runs into the Giant Caterpillar! Watch part two one: http://bit.ly/1IN9B5q Download
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Saturn: Crash Course Astronomy #18

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Saturn is the crown jewel of the solar system, beautiful and fascinating. It is a gas giant, and has a broad set of rings made of ice particles. Moons create gaps in the rings via their gravity. Saturn has dozens of moons, including Titan, which is as big
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Jupiter's Moons: Crash Course Astronomy #17

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Before moving on from Jupiter to Saturn, we’re going to linger for a moment on Jupiter’s moons. There are 67 known moons, and 4 huge ones that we want to explore in greater detail. Ganymede is the largest - larger, in fact, than any other moon in the sola
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What Makes Tattoos Permanent? - Claudia Aguirre

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-tattoos-permanent-claudia-aguirre The earliest recorded tattoo was found on a Peruvian mummy in 6,000 BC. That's some old ink! And considering humans lose roughly 40,000 skin cells per hour, how do th
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What Did Dogs Teach Humans About Diabetes? - Duncan C. Ferguson

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-did-dogs-teach-humans-about-diabetes-duncan-c-ferguson Diabetes has a history dating back to Ancient Greece. Our treatment of it, however, is more recent and was originally made possible with the help of ma
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Where Do Genes Come From? - Carl Zimmer

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-genes-come-from-carl-zimmer When life emerged on Earth about 4 billion years ago, the earliest microbes had a set of basic genes that succeeded in keeping them alive. In the age of humans and other larg
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The Effects Of Underwater Pressure On The Body - Neosha S Kashef

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-effects-of-underwater-pressure-on-the-body-neosha-s-kashef Why would a fish throw up its stomach? What makes a scuba diver develop painful microbubbles in their joints? Neosha S Kashef details the basics of
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Jupiter: Crash Course Astronomy #16

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Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. The gas giant is NOT a failed star, but a really successful planet! It has a dynamic atmosphere with belts and zones, as well as an enormous red spot that’s actually a persistent hurricane. Jupiter is sti
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Could We Clone Ourselves?

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Just be yourself! Or be your other self. Whichever. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Is the science of Orphan Black realistic? Could we clone humans, or engineer them to have customized traits? We
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What's The Deadliest Animal In The World?

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Besides humans, of course. Subscribe to It’s Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtotheizzoe Follow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Gates Foundation info on the world’s
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Where Do Birds Go In Winter?

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And where do they keep their suitcases? Subscribe to It’s Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtotheizzoe Follow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Follow on Instagram: ht
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Does My Dog Know What I'm Thinking?

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Head to BrainCraft for more doggy science! http://youtu.be/OBy3idLwwYM Subscribe to It’s Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtotheizzoe Follow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesm
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Why People Don't Believe In Climate Science

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Watch Part 1:“The Facts” http://youtu.be/ffjIyms1BX4 Subscribe to It’s Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtotheizzoe Follow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Follow on
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Climate Science: What You Need To Know

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Learn the basic science of climate change in 24 easy steps Subscribe to It’s Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtotheizzoe Follow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Foll
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Nonviolence and Peace Movements: Crash Course World History 228

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In which John Green teaches you about nonviolence and peace movements in the 20th century. What is nonviolence? What is a peace movement? Well. traditionally, humans often resort to violence when they come into conflict. In the 20th century, it became muc
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At What Moment Are You Dead? - Randall Hayes

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/at-what-moment-are-you-dead-randall-hayes For as far back as we can trace our existence, humans have been fascinated with death and resurrection....
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The Lost Giants of Georgia

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A discovery of bones belonging to seemingly giant people raise questions. Research looks to the real giants that live among us. | For more, visit http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/the-unexplained-files/#mkcpgn=ytsci1 Subscribe to Science Channel! | ht
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Space School- Earth

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A fragile blue marble floating through space, Earth may seem small, but is unlike any planet ever discovered. Home to millions of species, including humans, the Earth remains a complex and fragile planet, unique in almost every way.
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KILLER Dinosaur Bugs!

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Sometimes dinosaurs didn't just have to worry about other dino predators: sometimes they were on the run from KILLER PREHISTORIC INSECTS! Watch the whole playlist of dinosaur videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW4p6vzviKQ&list=PLfpPYJH6OjtZGZH1hl
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Sesame Street: The Importance of Early Childhood Education

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Young children are sponges for learning. From birth to age five, they're making giant developmental strides, more than at any other time in life. In this critical window, education is the key to unlocking their potential. Our goal is to surround kids with
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The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24

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In which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans and colonists in the Americas arrived at the idea that peo
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Vascular Plants = Winning! - Crash Course Biology #37

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Hank introduces us to one of the most diverse and important families in the tree of life - the vascular plants. These plants have found tremendous success and the their secret is also their defining trait: conductive tissues that can take food and water f
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Complex Animals: Annelids&Arthropods - CrashCourse Biology #23

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Hank continues our exploration of animal phyla with the more complexly organized annelida and arthropoda, and a biolography on insects. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com
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Thomas Jefferson&His Democracy: Crash Course US History #10

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In which John Green teaches you about founding father and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is a somewhat controversial figure in American history, largely because he, like pretty much all humans, was a big bundle of contra
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Humans and Energy: Crash Course World History 207

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In which Stan Muller subs for John Green and teaches you about energy and humanity. Today we discuss the ideas put forth by Alfred Crosby in his book, Children of the Sun. Historically, almost all of the energy that humans use has been directly or indirec
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War and Civilization: Crash Course World History 205

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In which John Green investigates war, and what exactly it may or may not be good for. Was war a result of human beings organizing into larger and more complex agricultural social orders, or did war maybe create agriculture and "civilization?" It's hard to
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Disease! Crash Course World History 203

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In which John Green teaches you about disease, and the effects that disease has had in human history. Disease has been with man since the beginning, and it has shaped the way humans operate in a lot of ways. John will teach you about the Black Death, the
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Human Evolution: Crash Course Big History #6

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In which John Green and Hank Green teach you about how human primates moved out of Africa and turned Earth into a real-life Planet of the Apes. And the apes are people! John and Hank teach you about how humans evolved, and the sort of tricks they picked u
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Introduction to the Solar System: Crash Course Astronomy #9

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In today's Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes a look at the explosive history of our cosmic backyard. We explore how we went from a giant ball of gas to the system of planets and other celestial objects we have today. This episode is sponsored by Squaresp
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Taxonomy and the Tree of Life

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The science of taxonomy and where humans fit into the tree of life More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=oHvLlS_Sc54
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Becoming a Red Giant

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Becoming a Red Giant More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=kJSOqlcFpJw
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Vi and Sal Explore How We Think About Scale

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Vi Hart (http://www.youtube.com/vihart) and Sal talk about how we humans perceive things nonlinearly More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=4xfOq00BzJA
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Frequency Stability

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Can humans generate truly random sequences More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=vVXbgbMp0oY

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